The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-05


stand here and say the soul is immortal
There is man who win refute it. | may
stand here and say we are lost and undone
without Christ There is a man who will
refute it. may stand here and say there
be a Judgment Day after awhile. Yonder
is some one who will refute it. But Chris
tian woman, in Christian household, living
in the faith and the consistency of Christs
Gospel-nobody can refute that The great
est sermons are not preached on celebrated
platforms; they are preached with an audi
ence of two or three, and III private home
life. A consistent, consccrated Christian
service is an unanswerable demonstra-
ton of Gods truth. sailor came
slipping down the ratline one night,
rs though something had happened, and the
sailors cried Whats tho matterp He
said: My mothers prayers haunt me like a
ghost" Homo influences, consecrated
Christian home Influences are the mightiest
of all influences upon the soul. There are
men here to-day who have maintained their
integrity, not because they were any better
naturally than some other people, but be-
cause there were home influences praying
for them all the time They got good
start. They We're launched on the world
with the benedictions of a Christian mother.
They may track Siberian SHOWS, they may
plunge III African jungles, they may fly to
the earth's end-they cannot go so far and
so fast but the prayers will keep up with
them.
stand before women to-day, who have
the eternal salvation of their husbands in
their right hand. On the marriage day you
took an oath before mon and angels that
you would be faithful and kind until death
did you part, and believe you are going to
keep that oath, but after that parting at
the door OF the grave, will it be an eternal
separation; Is there any such thing as an
immortal marriage, making the flowers that
grow on the top of the sepulchre brighter
than the garlands which at the marriage
banquet flooded the air with aromaf Yes,
| stand here as a priest of the most high
God, to proclaim the banns of an immortal
union for all those who join hands in the
grace of Christ. O woman, is your hus-
band, your father, your son, away from
God! The Lord demands their redemption
at your hands. There are prayers for you
to offer, there are exhortations for you to
give, there are examples for you to set, and
| say now, as Paul said TO the Corinthian
woman: What knowest thou, 0 woman,
but thou canst save thy husbandp
A man was dying, and he said to his wife:
"Rebecca, you wouldn't let me have family
prayers, and you laughed about all that,
and you got me away into worldliness, and
now | am going to die, and my fate is
sealed, and you are the cause of my ruinln
canst destroy thy husbandi Are there not
some hero who have kindly influences at
home! Are there not some here who have
wandered Ear away from God who can re-
member the Christian influences in their
early homes Do not despIse those influences,
my brother. II you die without Christ,
what will you do with your mothers pray
ers, with your wifes opportunities, with
your sisters entreatiesl What will you do
Apit hn IN IN
with the memory OF those days when they
attended you SO kindly in times of sickness.
Oh, if there be Just one strand holding you
from floating off on that dark sea | would
just like, this morning, to take hold of that
strand and pull you to the beach. For the
sake of your wifes God, for the sake Of
veur mothers God, for the sake of your
daughters God, for the sake of your sisters
God, como thi4 day and be saved
Lastly: / wish to 7ly that one Of the spe-
cific rights of woman is, through the grace
of Christ. finally to reach heaven. o, what
q multitude of women in heavenl Mary,
Chrst's mother in heaven; Elizabeth Fry
in heaven; Charlotte Elizabeth in heaven;
the mother of Augustine in heaven; the
Countess of Huntingdon-who sold her
splendid jewels to build chapels--in heaven; !;
while a great many others who have never
been heard of on earth, or known but little,
have gone into the rest and peace of heaven.
What rest What change IL was from
the small room, with no fire and one win
dow, the glass broken out, and the aching
side, and WORKOUT eyes, to the house OF
many mansionsl" No more stitching until
II o'clock at night, no more thruIsting of
the thumb by the employer through the
work 10 show it was not done quite right.
Plenty of bread at last. Heaven for
aching heads. Heaven for broken
hearts Heaven for anguish bitten
frames. No more sitting up until midnight
for the coming of staggering steps. No
more rough blows across the temples. No
more sharp, keen, bitter curses. Some OF
you will have no rest in this world. 1t will
be toll, and struggle, and suffering, all the
way up. You will have to stand at your
door fighting back the wolf with your
own hand, red with carnage But God has
crown for you. / want to realize this morn
ing that He is now making il, and whenever
you weep a tear He sets another gem in that
crown, whenever you have pang OF body
or soul, He puts another gem in that crown,
until. after a while, in all the tiara there
will be no room for another splendor, and
God will say TO His angel: THE crown is
done; let her up that she may wear it"
And as the Lord of Righteousness puts the
crown upon your brow, angel will cry to
angel: "Who is sheF' and Christ will say:
II will tell you who she il. She
IL tne one JnhJ came up out OF Bfedb uflDu-
lation, and her robe washed and made white
in the blood Of the Lamb" And then God
will spread banquet, and He will invite
all the principalities of heaven TO sit at the
feast; and the tables will blush with best
clusters from the vineyards OF God, and
crimson with the twelve manner OF fruits
from the Tree of Life; and waters from the
fountains Of the rock will fash from the
golden tankards: and the old harpers Of
heaven will sit there, making music with
their haips; and Christ will point you out,
amid the celebrities Of heaven, saying:
"She suffered with Me on earth, now we
are going 30 be glorified together" And
the banqueters, no longer able to hold their
peace, will break forth with congratulation:
''Halll hailw And there will be handwrit-
ings on the wall-not such as struck the
Persian nobleman with horror-but fire.
tipped fingers, writing in blazing capitals of
light, and love, and victory "God hath
wiped away all tears from all facesP